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Old 03-26-2005, 03:03 AM   #1
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> After all, both OT and NT were written by men, and some degree of
> evolution of understanding is not only unsurprising, but also
> reassuring. After all, if one tracks the transmission of the Gospel
> from Jerusalem to Asia Minor to Greece and Rome and beyond, the manner
> of transmission changes so that the message is given in terms which can
> be understood by the target audience
how exactly where the targeted audience going to understnad the evolving nature of jesus in all 4 gospel accounts?
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This is an interesting piece of apologetics:
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> After all, both OT and NT were written by men, and some degree of
> evolution of understanding is not only unsurprising, but also
> reassuring. After all, if one tracks the transmission of the Gospel
> from Jerusalem to Asia Minor to Greece and Rome and beyond, the manner
> of transmission changes so that the message is given in terms which can
> be understood by the target audience
Some "evolution of understanding" I gather is a euphemism for "textual difficulties".

It's "reassuring" to see our apologist reassuring him/herself with such thoughtful analysis.

I like the assumption that the gospel can be traced "from Jerusalem ... to Rome and beyond", especially when I see evidence that the earliest gospel was written in Rome.

I appreciated the ascription of gospel differences to "transmission changes" and then the explanation of those so-called changes as being motivated by the requirements of "the target audience".

What the citation has to do with the christian testament, however, remains obscure.


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